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Ratty paint job? (deliberate)

ruckus - August 22nd, 2005 at 05:21 PM

I'm starting to get some crazy ideas about paint for the bug. At the moment I'm entertaining the possibility of perhaps a lightish khaki, like the fatiges you can get from army surplus places from the 70s conflicts (Vietnam etc).

note: only using that as a reference - don't mean any offence to anyone.

I'm thinking at the moment that I prefer the look of 'worn' paint over the hyper glossy look of most new paint jobs. Ideally I'd love a green that appears worn in the logical places rather than an even overall finish. The hope is that this would make a nice contrast to selected items of bling :dork:

So is this idea completely stupid in terms of practicality, or is there a good chance it could be done without being hellishly expensive/time intensive?nn[ Edited on 22-8-2005 by ruckus ]

crewcabconnection - August 22nd, 2005 at 06:00 PM

a month ago, I was a paint moron, now the fogs clearing thanks to the help of people here and on DSK.....managed to make a decent start and honestly it's not that hard, but a lot of rubbing.....

ruckus - August 22nd, 2005 at 10:30 PM

Are you talking paint in general or this idea specifically?

decked dubby - August 23rd, 2005 at 08:28 AM

This is my FC van i sold about 12 months ago.

This was lime green with side windows when i bought it. All the paint and signage has been added.

I made a stencil then painted this on. Name is made from three different adds
from 1951 HotRod magazine.

squizy - August 23rd, 2005 at 08:43 AM

Very cool Dame. :tu:

ruckus - August 23rd, 2005 at 04:29 PM

Nice work. Do you think kit'd show up with the type of green I'm looking at? Is the best idea to have a lighter green underneath with a darker coat that gets rubbed back on top?

h - August 23rd, 2005 at 05:53 PM

noice look man..

pyr0 - August 23rd, 2005 at 06:09 PM

darker color underneather lighter colur on top if you use solids 4 both you wont need to lcear it after you've sanded it back, thats on the assumption you sand through with a smoothish paper, like 1200 or 1500 :yes:

ruckus - August 23rd, 2005 at 10:10 PM

Please forgive the dodgy photoshop, but this might give a bit more of an idea:

So not full-blown rat, but really weathered paint.nn[ Edited on 23-8-2005 by ruckus ]

ruckus - August 24th, 2005 at 06:12 PM

Where the hell is Hellbus when you need him ?

decked dubby - August 24th, 2005 at 09:16 PM

What pyro said..........

killakornkobb - August 25th, 2005 at 10:07 PM

yanno i'll lend a hand - make it hella cheap

im buying a 'De Vilbiss Gti' soon! can't wait!!

ruckus - August 26th, 2005 at 12:22 AM

Thanks Damo. You're buying a what?

killakornkobb - August 26th, 2005 at 06:02 PM

an awesome topcoat gun

ruckus - August 31st, 2005 at 08:25 PM

some of my current inspiration:..........